Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
18th Fires Brigade
Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 May 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
18th Fires Brigade Lineage
Constituted 1 October 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, XVIII Corps
Artillery
Activated 9 October 1943 at Camp Cooke, California
Inactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp Cooke, California
Redesignated 1 May 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 21 May 1951 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 18th Field Artillery Brigade
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 18th Fires Brigade
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
18th Fires Brigade Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006